Historical records matching George Bird Grinnell

"...Francisco, officials announced. Died: Feodor Chaliapin. Russian basso; Dr. Horace BirdGrinnell, naturalist. Coming Up Monday President Roosevelt opens baseball season. D.A.H.'s 47th continental con- gress ... nominated Io head its governing committee. Only 31 years old, Martin is a Yale graduate anct the son of a St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank governor. In Short.T; Four men died in a mine blast near Logan, W. Va ... , there was more rioting last Sunday. Arabs threatened to seize French jails. Troops restored order, then round- ed up and arrested a dozen more nationalists in the 15 persons had been killed and 80 injured. Paris
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"...more closely asso- ciated ov.-r a long period of years with the broader aspects of western conservation than was GeorgeBirdGrinnell, 88-year- editor, author and explorer who died in New York Monday. He ... the leper lived, suffered and died with- out hope. The more than men. women and children throughout the world who suffer from leprosy arc held as social outcasts. About 50.000 irccive treatment ... was considered of such importance as to require the construction of a special hospital for the exclusive care of leprous patients. As the settlers, and later commerce, proceeded up the Mississippi valley, leprosy ... Harvard medical school. He has been in c'nnrge of the hospital since 1917. Sir Wilfred CJrcnfcll remains active su- perintendent but..."

"...announced. Died: Feodor Chaliapin, Russian basso; Dr. Horace BirdGrinnell, naturalist. Coming Up Monday President Roosevelt opens baseball season. D.A.R.'s 47th continental con- gress, Washington. American ... -governing committee. Only 31 years old, Martin is a Yale graduate and the son of a St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank governor. in Short.., Four men died in a mine blaft near Logan. W. Vs. A Sao Paulo, Brazil ... , movie crowd stampeded when hoaxers cried 31 children died. Anna Marie Halm, Cincinnati poison slayer, was sentenced to die May 4. Memphis was pronounced "the nation's safest city" alter 32 days without ... , there was more rioting last Sunday. Arabs threatened to seize French jails. Troops restored order, then round- ed up and arrested a Gozen more nationalists in the interior -after 15 persons..."

"...BIRDGRINNELL SAVED BLACKFEET FROM STARVATION Following receipt of a telegram Tuesday night, James Willard Schultz of Browning, noted Indian author, wrote a sketch of Dr. GeorgeBird GrLnnell, who died ... . Flnlayson lias been Mr. Bennett's secretary since 1932. RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL TORONTO. April Jack Messett or St. Boniface Seals, Mem- orial cup flnnllsls. was released from hospital Tuesday, recovered from ... on i nllack or pneumonia. The j-mmi? ilght winger wns taken to hospital fastest game on two feel are Asked j last Wednesday night wllh a tern- to be on hand at the barracks pcrature 01 iG4 but made ... that robins do return to the haunts of tlir- previous summer. List sum- mer this little fellow..."

"...planning commission. Two members of a navy trans- port crew confessed trying to smug- gle narcotics into San Francisco, officials announced. Died: Fcodor Chaliapin. Russian basso; Dr. Horace BirdGrinnell ... and the son of a St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank governor. In Short... Four men died in a mine blast near Logan, W. Va. A Sao Paulo, Brazil, movie crowd stampeded when hoaxers cried 31 children died. Anna Marie ... and arrested a dozen more nationalists in 'the 15 persons had been killed and SO injured. Paris Apes London CREDITED with having put France's army on its toes, Dal- adier decided to be his own defense minister
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"...exhausted some time ago and whose recovery depends upon proper care and treatment. AUTHOR, NATUKAI.IST DIES NEW. BirdGrinnell, 88, author and naturalist who often was called "the father of American died last ... six month's old infant, Mrs. SteDa Resti, 20, ran half a mile to the hospital to discover the child dead. The child died of suf- focation. Mrs. Resti and her hus- band were packing their few be ... - longings after receiving an evic- tion notice when she noticed the baby was unconscious. Instead of calling an ambulance she ran to the hospital with the child. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK S. D. of All livestock sold ... -9 101-9 16 16 KI.DKRAI, BANK BONUS Nov. Bid ..101 .100 Askort BellviHe May .Tuly x .1 >n. .s Max no y 1" .1013, lioo7. 101 u ..."

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"...FOUNDER DEAD New York' APril 12 BirdGrinnell. 88, author and who often was called "the died after several years of ill Portsmouth in 1776 compared to the Humbert Maruzzi through the fore- T'.ie column ... daughters, Ethel M. of MISS DOROTHY WATSON civil cases were marked for hearings colonial .architecture. There is a panel- stained or passing in the Superior court dado intheparlor and the upper part ... Jiving authorities on doing any harm. Young Comiskey died their parents in a quiet celebration of PIams Indians, he made many -__ .-.___. _ _____ 4-w. trins infcrt RE-EECTION in General Hospital a short
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"...YORK, April 11 GeorgeBirdGrinnell, 88, author and naturalist who often was called "the father of American died Monday after several years of ill health. Author of numerous books about the American ... the boy or the kidnapers. Levine also gave newsreel companies a home movie he made of the boy, hoping the pictorial may better assist moviegoers to spot the boy if seen. Famed Naturalist Taken by Death NEW ... be exactly WHAT YOU NEED! BUT YOU'D BETTER HURRY WHEN THESE ARE ALL GONE- THERE AREN'T ANY MORE AT THESE BARGAINPRICES wart Store SMALL DOWN PAYMENT-EASY TERMS Actor Found Slain Death rang down the final cur
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About George Bird Grinnell

George Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer. Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1870 and a Ph.D. in 1880. Originally specializing in zoology, he became a prominent early conservationist and student of Native American life. Grinnell has been recognized for his influence on public opinion and work on legislation to preserve the American buffalo.

Exploration and conservation

Grinnell had extensive contact with the terrain, animals and Native Americans of the northern plains, starting with being part of the last great hunt of the Pawnee in 1872. He spent many years studying the natural history of the region. As a graduate student, he accompanied Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s 1874 Black Hills expedition as a naturalist. He declined a similar appointment to the ill-fated 1876 Little Big Horn expedition. (Punke, p. 109)

In 1875, Colonel William Ludlow, who had been part of Custer's gold exploration effort, invited Grinnell to serve as naturalist and mineralogist on an expedition to Montana and the newly established Yellowstone Park. Grinnell prepared an attachment to the expedition's report, in which he documented the poaching of buffalo, deer, elk and antelope for hides. "It is estimated that during the winter of 1874-1875, not less than 3,000 Buffalo and mule deer suffer even more severely than the elk, and the antelope nearly as much." (Punke, pp. 102) His experience in Yellowstone led Grinnell to write the first of many magazine articles dealing with conservation, the protection of the buffalo, and the American West.

Grinnell made hunting trips to the St. Mary Lakes region of Glacier in 1885, 1887 and 1891 in the company of James Willard Schultz, the first professional guide in the region. During the 1885 visit, Grinnell and Schultz while traveling up the Swiftcurrent valley observed the glacier that now bears his name. Along with Schultz, Grinnell participated in the naming of many features in the Glacier region. He was later influential in establishing Glacier National Park in 1910. He was also a member of the Edward Henry Harriman expedition of 1899, a two-month survey of the Alaskan coast by an elite group of scientists and artists.

Grinnell was prominent in movements to preserve wildlife and conservation in the American West. For many years, he published articles and lobbied for congressional support for the endangered American buffalo. In 1887, Grinnell was a founding member, with Theodore Roosevelt, of the Boone and Crockett Club, dedicated to the restoration of America's wildlands. Other founding members included General William Tecumseh Sherman and Gifford Pinchot. Grinnell and Roosevelt published the Club's first book in 1895. Grinnell also organized the first Audubon Society and was an organizer of the New York Zoological Society.

With the passage of the 1894 National Park Protective Act, the remaining 200 wild buffalo in Yellowstone National Park received a measure of protection. It was nearly too late for the species. Poaching continued to reduce the animal's population, which reached its lowest number of 23 in 1902. (Punke, pp. 218–219) Grinnell's actions led to ongoing efforts by the Department of Interior to find additional animals in the wild and to manage herds to supplement the Yellowstone herd. This ultimately led to a genetically pure viable herd, and the survival of the species.

Grinnell was editor of Forest and Stream magazine from 1876 to 1911. He contributed many articles and essays to magazines and professional publications, including:

"In Buffalo Days", in American Big-Game Hunting, edited by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell, New York, 1893.

"The Bison," in Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat, edited by Caspar Whitney, George Bird Grinnell, and Owen Wister, New York, 1904 American Sportsman's Library.

Ethnology of the Plains cultures

Grinnell’s books and publications reflect his lifelong study of the northern American plains and the Plains tribes. Along with J. A. Allen and William T. Hornaday, Grinnell was a historian of the buffalo and their relationship to Plains tribal culture. In When Buffalo Ran (1920), he describes hunting and working buffalo from a buffalo horse.

Grinnell’s best-known works are on the Cheyenne, including The Fighting Cheyennes (1915), and a two-volume work, The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Lifeways (1923). His principal informant for both books was George Bent. George E. Hyde who may have done much of the writing. In 1928, Grinnell portrayed the story of Frank North and Luther North in Two Great Scouts and Their Pawnee Battalion. In other works on the Plains culture area, he focused on the Pawnee and Blackfeet people: Pawnee Hero Stories (1889), Blackfoot Lodge Tales (1892), and The Story of the Indian (1895).

Of his work, President Theodore Roosevelt said:

“In his books… Mr. George Bird Grinnell has portrayed [the Indians] with a master hand; it is hard to see how his work can be bettered.”